Postoperative and follow-up studies of spastic dysphonia patients treated by recurrent laryngeal nerve section.
Long-term results of surgical treatment of spastic dysphonia by RLN section are evaluated by means of perceptual psychophysical scaling and by the patients themselves. It is found that a significant reduction in spastic dysphonia symptoms occurs as a result of surgery, and that these results are maintained after long-term follow-up in the majority of patients. These experimental observations are in agreement with the subjective assessment of postsurgical communication by the patients involved in the study.
D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007823:Laryngeal Nerves / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000601:surgery; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve / Q000601:surgery*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D013065:Speech Intelligibility; D013997:Time Factors; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000601:surgery*; D014833:Voice Quality